Author |
Pflug, Melissa A.
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Subject |
Ottawa Indians -- Religion.
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Ottawa Indians -- Ethnic identity.
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Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 280 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Drawing a clear connection between religious practice and political action, Pflug reframes legal issues common to many American Indian peoples. Her narrative will interest anthropologists, religious scholars, ethnohistorians, and general readers in this era of global ethnic resurgence. -- Provided by publisher. |
Contents |
Foreword / Lee Irwin -- pt. 1. Seeking Social Transformation: What People Want. Ch. 1. Maintaining an Odawa Identity. Ch. 2. Making Meaning and Making Sense: The Legacy of Shifting Identity and Tradition. Ch. 3. Pimadaziwin: The Quest for the Good Life -- pt. 2. A Map of Change: Mythio Models for Why People Want What They Do. Ch. 4. Tales of Cooperation and Opposition. Ch. 5. Nanabozho: The Great Transformer. Ch. 6. The Seventh Fire: Mapping Metamorphosis -- pt. 3. The Source of Collective Determination: Religious Action and What People Do. Ch. 7. What Do We Do about the Others? Contemporary Rituals of Community. Ch. 8. Invite the Others to Dinner: Ritual and Transformation. |
ISBN |
0585116210 (electronic bk.) |
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9780585116211 (electronic bk.) |
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0806130075 |
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9780806130071 |
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0806130075 |
OCLC # |
44961889 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Pflug, Melissa A. Ritual and myth in Odawa revitalization. Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, 1998 0806130075 (DLC) 97027798 (OCoLC)37361662 |
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